Exhibitions
Events
On display
Here We Are by Kushana Bush
Kushana Bush Here We Are 2016
Gouache and pencil on paper. Collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales. Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of New Zealand Art 2016.
Art Bite
Past event
Meet in the exhibition
Free
Join volunteer guide June Goldstein as she discusses the dazzling gouache paintings of Kushana Bush in The Burning Hours on the first floor.
Art Bites are 30-minute lunchtime presentations on a work on display, presented by our staff, guides and guest speakers.
There's a new Art Bite to enjoy each Friday at 12.30pm.
Related reading: Free event
Exhibition
Kushana Bush: The Burning Hours
10 June – 15 October 2017
Dazzling paintings that are rich in colour, culture and art history
Interview
Observing Rituals
Kushana Bush is a Dunedin-based artist, whose meticulously detailed and stage-like worlds blend religious themes with secular narratives, often manifesting in ritualistic violence. Her paintings examine what spirituality, ritual and community might mean in a contemporary world. She spoke with Balamohan Shingade of ST PAUL St Gallery in February
